zip n.4
(US) a derog. term for a Vietnamese (or other Indo-Chinese) person; also as adj.
Current Sl. V:1. | ||
Army Reporter Feb. in Maledicta VI:1+2 252: ‘Get some!’ screams the Hood. ‘Wow, did you zap that zip, papa-san!’. | ||
(con. 1967) Reckoning for Kings (1989) 23: You are going to be a general one of these years, if the zips don’t kill you. [Ibid.] 319: What a fucking armpit this is. Jesus, Mosby thought, if this is the home turf these zips want, why don’t we just let them have it? | ||
Homeboy 200: I got a date with the younger zip brother this evening. | ||
(con. 1968) Incessant Voice of War 3: To him, all orientals are the same. Slopes, Gooks, Zips. |